Frederick County:
Frederick Community Action Agency
100 South Market Street
Frederick, MD 21701
Phone: (301) 694-1506
Fax: (301) 662-9079
TDD: (301) 662-9164
Open Monday through Friday from 8:30 am to 6:30 pm
Services:
- Food and Nutrition:
- Soup Kitchen-Daily 5:30 to 6:30 pm
- Food Bank- Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays-From 2:00 to 4:00 pm
Wednesday-7:00 to 9:00 pm
- Transportation Services:
- On weekday mornings the FCAA operates a free Van Run that transports people to a variety of Human Service Agencies located around Frederick City.
- Health Care Programs:
- Primary health care clinic for people who are homeless, enrolled in MD Primary Care, or have medical assistance.
- Medbank Program to help people obtain free or low cost prescription medications.
- Maryland Primary Care Program: Provides primary health care for low-income adults who are recipients of Maryland Pharmacy Assistance.
- Service for the Homeless:
- Day Shelter for the homeless
- Care management
- Transitional shelter and apartments for families and physically disabled adults.
- Housing Assistance Programs:
- Weatherization Assistance Program: to lower energy costs, most have incomes at or below 150% of the federal poverty level and meet other criteria.
- Housing Rehabilitation Program: The FCCA provides small grants (usually less than $5,000) to lower income homeowners to address emergency and/or health and safety repairs in owner-occupied housing.
- Lead-Based paint Hazard Reduction Program: The program provides grants to assist both home owners and renters.
- Rental Housing Program: The FCAA manages several units of rental housing in downtown Frederick.
- Housing Counseling: Case management for people in permanent housing. Foreclosure and reverse mortgage counseling. Rental counseling.
- Education and Employment Programs:The FCCA hosts a variety of adult educational programs including Adult Basic Education (ABE) and General Education Development (GED) classes which are taught by the Division of Adult Education of Frederick County Public Schools.
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